#aea4ca

Color #aea4ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.06 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aea4ca

RGB

rgb(174, 164, 202)

HSL

hsl(255.8, 26.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.8, 18.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.34, 11.15, -18.07)

LCH

lch(69.34, 21.23, 301.68)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0551, 297.08)

HWB

hwb(255.8, 64.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0caa4

Analogous

#a4adca

#aea4ca

#c1a4ca

Triadic

#aea4ca

#caaea4

#a4caae

Split-complementary

#aea4ca

#cac1a4

#adcaa4

Tetradic

#aea4ca

#caa4c0

#c0caa4

#a4caae

Square

#aea4ca

#caa4ad

#c0caa4

#a4cac1

Shades

Color #aea4ca mixed toward black.

#8c7eb4

#6b5a9a

#504374

#352d4d

#1b1627

Tints

Color #aea4ca mixed toward white.

#bcb3d3

#c9c2dc

#d7d2e5

#e4e1ed

#f2f0f6

Tones

Color #aea4ca mixed toward gray.

#b0a7c7

#b1aac4

#b3aec1

#b4b1bd

#b6b4ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac2 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#aaabc0 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#aebbb9 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea4ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea4ca]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#aea4ca (#aea4ca) is rgb(174, 164, 202) in RGB.

No, #aea4ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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